Another great aerial shot. Nice view of the city of Natal. If anyone is wondering why the stadium is named Dunes Arena (Arena das Dunas in portuguese) just look at the pictures. Natal is surrounded by dunes.

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Since the Brasileirão Série B of 2010 (Brazil's Second Division 2010) América hasn't played one single match in Natal as a home team. The ABC (other team from Natal) decided not rent their stadium (Frasqueirão) to América, so the team since them is playing in the city of Goianinha-RN (20 K population, close to the famous Pipa Beach), located 60 km south of Natal.
The stadium in Goianinha, known as Nazarenão, was upgraded since América first game, now the stadium capacity is 10,000, which is the minimum capacity required for Brazil's Second Division stadiums.

Do the roof will not cover all the stadium?
I know the architecture is important, but why do they don't extend the roof with a translucid membrane?
It would give the same appearance to the stadium, increasing the spectators comfort.

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Originally Posted by Gremio1903

It is not exactly a roof. It works like one in some parts, but not entirely. It is more part of the façade. At least, that is how I see it. Am I wrong?

Unfortunately the roof was reduced to reduce costs, according to the OAS (construction builder and owner of concession). They also say that the old design of the roof was not feasible. So during the 2014 WC the stadium will not be 100% covered as you see.
The reduced roof is located in the exactly same spot where will be the 10,000 temporary seats, which after the World Cup will be withdrawn (temporary seats are the ones behind the goal). So these 10,000 seats will be uncovered during the World Cup. After the World Cup the stadium capacity will drop from 42,000 to 31,375.

Here the difference between the old and the new project:

Stadium during the World Cup and after:

As you see the "Estadão" (newspaper) made a mistake in this graphic. The 42,000 stadium picture is missing the temporary seats, so it is actually how the stadium will look after the World Cup.
The stadium during the World Cup will look exactly like the one on the right side above. The temporary seats are the ones in red color.

So far, none of the teams. América's president told once the press, that he tried to contact the stadium administrator (OAS) and did not received a good reception.
What we know, is that ABC has their own stadium, the 'Frasqueirão', and América, after what has been through, decided to build their own stadium in Parnamirim (Natal's Greater Area), inside the club training center property.

Personally, I believe that América and ABC will play some matches in the Arena das Dunas, but I guess it won't be all matches, because the owners of special seats and VIP boxes in its stadiums won't be satisfied...
Let's see how this goes..
However the OAS (builder and concession owner) has said that the stadium won't be 100% soccer and they will have the support of the Amsterdam Arena administrator to manage the Arena das Dunas.

Today, FIFA members and the Organising Committee (LOC) visited the Arena das Dunas. According to local authorities, the Arena reached 52%.
The deadline of the Arena, remains to December 31st.
Pictures below: